In this "Distance Learning" Special Issue, Errol Craig Sull introduces the "Try This" series of articles to assist with Becoming a Better Distance Learning Instructor. Sull notes, as each new year taps distance learning instructors on the shoulders they look to improve, to be the best they can be as distance educators. There are many components that go into this, and thus it is easy to overlook one or two--and if they do it could hurt their effectiveness in the classroom, something that must never occur. To make sure this year is the best yet as a distance educator, Sull provides three "Try This" rules as suggestions that distance learning instructors should embrace.